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Courses in chemical physics and higher physics were listed in the 1868-69 catalogue.
Graduate work in Physics leading to the Master's and Ph.D. were offered through the Graduate College after its establishment in 1907. The first Ph.Ds. in Physics were awarded in 1910, and an undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor's of Science in Engineering was approved in 1917 and the first B.S. was awarded in 1923.
1. Catalogues and Circulars, 1868-69, pp. 26-27.
2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 4th Report, 1870-71, p. 45; 5th Report, p. 56.
3. Catalogues & Circulars, 1876-77 to 1890-91.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 13th Report, 1884-86, p. 159.
5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 15th Report, 1888-90, December 10, 1889, p. 114.
6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 15th Report, 1888-90, June 10, 1890, pp. 148-49, 160.
7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 24th Report, 1906-08, June 10, 1907, p. 133. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1916-18, June 25, 1917, pp. 392-93.
8. Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1969-70, p. 266.
9. Undergraduate Programs, 1987-90, p. 274, 287-88.
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10/29/76
Chronological by folder
Betatron correspondence of the Physics department, including the employment records for Donald W. Kerst, director of the Betatron accelerator project (1943-57), and correspondence of Kerst about the development of the magnetic induction accelerator, design improvements, betatron experimentation, plans for a new laboratory, publicity and funding of betatron projects, relations with other laboratories, patent rights, staffing and Kerst's leaves of absence at the General Electric laboratory in Schenectady (1940-41), Los Alamos (1943-45) and the Midwest Universities Research Association (1955-57). Min correspondents are F. Wheeler Loomis, P. Gerald Kruger, William D. Coolidge, Gerald M. Almy, Robert Oppenheimer, Melvin L. Enger, Lyle W. Phillips, Arthur Compton, James B. Conant, Ralph F. Flora, Gail D. Adams, and Arthur C. Willard. The series includes a copy of a paper entitled "An Account of the Historical Investigations that Led to the Development of the Betatron" (1945).